Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha

Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki

Kozo Ohta

Nagatoshi Katagiri

Shigenaga Enoki

Mikihiro Kohyama

Mitsuru Iseno

Masaru Ishikawa

Mechanisms for mounting a main stand on a motorcycle are disclosed. The linkage between the front portion of the motorcycle power unit and the motorcycle body frame is used to mount the main stand. One mechanism employs a link connected to a bracket on the body frame and to bosses extending from the power unit. Another mechanism uses two links connected to each other and a bracket and bosses. A main stand is mounted to the rear end portion of the linkage mechanism.

Main stand mounting mechanism

A rear cover device in a motorcycle having an engine disposed substantially in front of a rear wheel, a muffler at one side of the rear wheel, and a rear wheel support member and a shock absorber at the other side of the rear wheel. The device comprises a cover member which covers the rear wheel from above and also covers portions of both sides of the rear wheel while accommodating the shock absorber therewithin, and a container member constructed integrally with the cover member and extending inside the cover member above the muffler. A dead space can be substantially eliminated from the rear cover device, and therefore substantially the entirety of the interior space can be utilized.

Rear cover device for motorcycles

A swinging power unit type motorcycle having an engine swingably hung and pivoted on a body frame, and a pair of plates forming a rear fork connected to the engine. A chain drive transmits power from the engine to a reduction gearbox which incorporates the rear wheel axle and is supported between the rear fork. Shock absorbers are connected between the body frame and the rear fork. The engine, rear fork, rear wheel axle, chain drive, and reduction gearbox are interconnected to swing as a unit relative to the body frame.

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Saitama, Japan

Kozo Ohta